Crisis in Venezuela: Delayed recall referendum in Venezuela pushes elections to 2019

The majority of Venezuelans voted for the opposition in the December 6, 2015 parliamentary elections, thus giving it full control of the National Assembly.
The opposition, which has organized the recall referendum, wanted the vote to take place before January 10, 2017.
Meanwhile, Maduro’s popularity continues to wane on the back of the country’s economic crisis and the arrests of political opponents.
International mediators, including the Pope, are attempting to facilitate talks between the opposition and the government.
The first stage of the recall referendum process required 200,000 signatures.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/23/inenglish/1474629996_534270.html